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Former state university employee Hoffmann paid in $41K to pension fund, could collect $2.52M in retirement

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Former state university employee John Hoffmann, who retired in July 2016, saved $40,768 toward a pension over 15 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Hoffmann would collect as much as $2.52 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Hoffmann received $52,892 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Hoffmann will have already received $52,892 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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